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Slocum Hall. Slocum Hall was built in 1898 and features a Romanesque arcade and enormous glass skylight. It was the university library until 1966 when Beeghly Library was built. Several administrative offices are located in the Hall: the Admissions Office, Financial Aid, Minority Student Affairs, and Foreign Student Services.
The museum, which opened in Devlin Hall in 1993, was officially named The Charles S. and Isabella V. McMullen Museum of Art in 1996 in honor of the parents of the Boston College benefactor, trustee and art collector John J. McMullen. [1] In September 2016, the museum relocated to 2101 Commonwealth Avenue on Boston College's Brighton Campus.
William J. Devlin was born on December 15, 1875, in New York City. [1] His father, Jeremiah Devlin, was a successful merchant tailor. His had one brother, Joseph Angelo Devlin, who became a physician and the chief of staff of Misericordia Hospital in New York, and two sisters, Angela Devlin and Mary Devlin.
Boston College was founded through the efforts of the first Jesuit community in New England, which was established at St. Mary's Church in Boston in 1849. [16] Jesuit priest John McElroy maintained the vision for what became BC, recognizing the need for an educational institution for the Irish Catholic immigrant population. [17]
A chapel and conference center are also located on the first floor, and admissions, Registrar’s office, and Financial Aid are located on the ground floor. Egan Hall houses classrooms, a theater, television and radio studios, special laboratories for the education and psychology departments, and computer workstations on each floor.
Avron B. Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse is a 4,100-seat, [1] multi-purpose arena built in 1933 on Tulane University's Uptown campus in New Orleans, Louisiana. Since its opening, it has been home to the Tulane Green Wave men's and women's basketball teams and the women's volleyball team. Devlin is the 9th-oldest continuously active ...
William Seavey Joyce SJ (September 3, 1913 – May 19, 1988) was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who was the president of Boston College from 1968 to 1972. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he entered the Society of Jesus in 1931 and later received a doctorate in economics from Harvard University.
In this year, Devlin began pitching for the Louisville Grays, starting 68 games with an impeccable 1.56 earned run average and leading the Grays in batting with .315. Devlin's best pitch was a "drop pitch", now known as a sinker, which he may have been the first to throw. In 1877, Devlin, the only pitcher on the roster, threw every pitch of his ...